The Dillon tribune., 1887-04-15

posesA Ioi. Iuttle GEN. ". II. L. WALLACE.
With the Second, Seventh. Twelfth and
Fourteenth Iowa regiments on his right,
ana Col. Sweeney with the Eighth Iowa,
seventh. Fiftieth, Fifty-sccond, Fifty
seventh and Fifty-eighth illinois regiments
N IN tne right of Col Tu,tle. s,wceney's
.'gae reached the edge OF wide, deep
'avlne filled with iInpenetrable thickets
S.a1eenung .a 1ar 10 his rear and running into
Ie ravine OF Brier creek. Such was the place
~ Mas ... became famous among tho Confederates
10 Tho Hornets Nest"
!ne hrst assault made was by Glasltlen's
tMhsgaae; and now begin series OF some OF
ne.. a. riadt:cn having been mortally wounded
,n.n ~ ue Shas;e of the early morning. the com.
,nand desolved on Col. Adams. The line is
'alely formed al 10 O'Clock, when the southern
iten ,S arc seen confidently advancing through
ense ~ aense thickets against the nlscen foe.
~ aisy ore permitted to como well within range,
wen suddenly there flashes from 1000 rifles
a1c Ipla1c OF fire. The deep notes of Hiclsen.
soaH svors guns minglo with the treble OF the
saaaall arms that echoes through tho forest, and
10 so gray canopy of smoke that rests above the
a,aaN ne tells where death is being scattered on
Ssrs r;ra. SID, s,ac The we'll known "rcbcl yell'
tha. c,.oa vue rs the column presses forward and
SaodS Si1ui:u Is dotted with the wounded and
,r;t,' nu1 the icaden storm heats in their faces
stanI .ai esccness that nothing human can with
ana' and tho crippled br;s sao, racoils to the
nusel oi the woods Gen. A. Y. Stewards cou.-
nna as.,'a OF Folks corps is now sent forward.
cfra,s sce, twice. thrice, it repeats tho grand
ter s,,no ~ ra:1y the position, but with NO bet
hr success than before. Gen. t:i.,son's
its n,a" VI i'ra?:ss corps surges in and takes
an1r,, e., AGAIN that hurricane of lead. The
= i.yy.I pals ~ in showers and seen. to bear
An ne"t:, :s warrant in every devilsh screech.
1ha enuiadlns r fire from the battery cuts down
The -ne en ny ranks. like swaths of grass under
tn sas, oMerS scythc, and vet others continue
al.cr!tt. .h:o the path Of death with cheerful
mo-, ~ seems, and fall with a battle cry
chor,,o, ul"lr lips. Three times has Gibson
Rro sN, ana three times been rrpu:ssi. Gen,
NaM now Impatiently directs one OF his
forw,,sH sH Loc&ett, his chief engineer, to ride
Ir;v" wasd TO !, central regiment fbat has been
front fe" nack, and carry its ,,l,,rs tu Tho,
he s,;, Ale e tta:; must no. 20 back again."
dashes It'll, me ".itcer. ob.ying the order,
ths"css thMs through the line Of hatt!,. st.ixcs;
Gen p'ro iro'i' the color bearer, and exclaims:
to ~. bragg says these colors m,st not 90
ssrcasar. sus rear While ha is tnlkinn 9Th tho % color
VIII ;tSans IS shot down. An oiiicsr ,nnrooches
stroa,aa bullet hole in each check thc h,oMI
an arS,,ng wa,t from his mouth. and asks. .What
Uhev%;noo %oo doing with nv colors s;rr .i''n
where thsr "en Bragg's orders t" hold then,
tho reply: or a,e Let ,ne have .!,c,n," was
but the co, any man carries .lres., color$
Gen Br,9o...Ma so.ar or bearer, ain t;e man. Tell
a.s in ~ snat will see that thess. colors
this positier fisht place. But lc ,u;,.s attacl,
~ "ahG; We ran never carry il